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Show THIlIIItsr I.U I Oil CIM1UMI. Tin first 8tato to hold a Democratic convention this year after New York was Ilhodo Island, which Indulged In one jcttciday. It was to nominate Hlateoftlcera and elect delegates tothe Chicago convention. II was this latlrr which attracted Ihe moat attention, aa tuch events will, right along now as they occur, onnlltldeiof tlit ) olltlcal question. The reault In Itlio.lo Ialand muat have been a dlaapiwlntment to the Hill forcet In New York, who counted ttrougly on the great meaturo of In llueuce which their action would have on the other Btotca, eaeclally thoie holdlog their cotncntloni soon atltr the big out. Thu do-legale! do-legale! from "Little llhody" weru Inalrucled for ex-IVtaldent Cleveland without Ihe illghtiat oppoallion, and Individually the delegates aru for him. True, there aro buttlht of thtm, tut that does not greatly cbaugu the algnl-llcaucu algnl-llcaucu of the alluatlon. If the delegates had been luatructtd for II11I, or even If they or any of Hum personally favored the candidacy of that gentleman, It would bn va-lly illUerent. Now It looks as though Mr. Cleveland was In ciieailoii of n quiet but 1 reaently unasserted strength which whin fully mtaaurei! may amount ton majority In the national convention. II It campaigning or rather that of hla supiorteri, so far as It hss gone, Is one of tho most admirable featuresof modern olltlcs, tclng ut Icily without iistentallou, self attertlon or wire lulling, and characterized by dignity nnd Iho high standing ol those iiigugeil In It. There are a good many Democrats, heruatid tltuwhert, who refuse to admit ad-mit that with the ex-President nn avow ed t audldate au) bod c Ise will I e seriously lu the race, they claim to tee Inhlnillio Iciu Ideal of a l'tetldiut and such pn'ltlcil timber as no political arly can afTor I to lay aaldo. |
